Italian Barware

This mid century modern Italian jug is in the style of Aldo Tura. it is a beautiful wood with interspersed dots of colored resin throughout the body of the colors of brown, red, gre...

From the Italian glass makers, Empoli, a set of twelve blown stemmed glasses in three sizes, in a gorgeous Aqua Blue – circa 1960s. In shapes distinctive to the Mid-Century Modern...

Set of 12 Mid-Century Modern heavy blown bubble glass drinking glasses, glassware, stemware made in Italy. In excellent condition.  

Traslucid and turquoise Murano glass, aventurine gold and silver flecks, Italy. What is Murano Glass? Is it glass made in a special place? Or made using special techniques? It is actually both. Murano glass is glass in a chemical sense of the word. However, Murano glass is as different from, say, the glass in your window panes, as Rembrandt paintings...

Buccellati, sterling silver bar pitcher, made in a rare Buccellati technique with satin finish, with a wood handle, standing on 3 curvilinear legs. It measures 9 1/2'' in height by 8...

Midcentury cube barware ice bucket in lucite and wicker with brass details in the style of Christian Dior Home. Made in Italy in the 1970s.

Striking art glass vase ice bucket by Venini for Disaronno. Beautiful amber glass with a white striped drizzle.

Rare and beautiful centerpiece ashtray/bowl in Murano glass. Incredible example of midcentury Italian Murano glass.  

Ice rack in Sheffield from the 60s of the 900s with engraved Almarita, in good condition with wear and tear caused by the use and passing of the years

Italian red and blue Murano glass bowl with aventurine gold flecks. Italy, 1950s. What is Murano Glass? Is it glass made in a special place? Or made using special techniques? It is actually both. Murano glass is glass in a chemical sense of the word. However, Murano glass is as different from, say, the glass in your window panes, as Rembrandt paintings...

Hand crafted stained hardwood serving tray. Handcrafted in Bergamo, Italy using translucent colored stains on select hardwoods and incorporating geometric forms to create the frame, feet and handles. Marked on the bottom " Hand Made in Italy Bergamo / Manzoni Pietro...

Postmodern ball base martini cocktail glasses, set of 4, circa 1990. Vintage Post Modern set of four Memphis style clear martini cocktail glass...

1960s Modernist ribbed crystal glass ice bucketfrom Italy Measures: 4.63 diameter x 5 height, 8.38 height to tip of handle. Preowned vintage condition. See images listed please.  

Vintage Gucci barware set of 4 Highball tumbler glasses. Crystal with Gold band with GG logo, silver plated base. Made by Gucci in Italy, stamped on bas...

Mid-Century Italian Modern "apple-form" ice bucket with silver plate exterior and ivory-hued plastic interior designed by Argenteria Teghini (ca. late 1960s/early 1970s, Florence, It...

Astonishing mid-century vintage crystal decanter with 6 crystal glasses 1970s Made In Italy signed Luigi Bormioli Dimensions: Decanter 2,75 x 2,...

Guy Corrie Union glass donut base Art glass vase cobalt blue pink 1980s set of two glasses. Vintage Guy Corrie Union Glass Donut base art glass vase in cobalt blue and pink 1980s. Cobalt blue and pink art glass vase by R Guy Corrie, Union Street Glass...

Italian silver master Giuliano Bossi designed this streamlined and minimalist barware accessory for Ibis, Milano in the 1980s. The sleek and modernist d...

An Italian silk necktie with a colorful scribble-like design by Massimo Iosa Ghini, circa 1985. The blue and red line design over top a yellow, pink, and gray scribble print and blac...

A vintage Italian white and blue porcelain bowl by designer Richard Ginori, circa mid-20th century, Italy. Bowl with handles is white glazed Italian porcelain with blue flower design...

Cristofle metal ice rack in good condition with wear caused by the passing of years and for use

A great set of six (6) Italian jet black marble stone hexagon cocktail or drinks coasters, with holder, in the Modern style or Postmodern period, circa 1970s, Italy. The hexagon shap...

This chic bar cart is most certainly not the shy one in the room with an ornate dragon themed frame of golden brass that's attention grabbing without apology...

Set of six very tall blue hand-blown Italian wine flutes by Nason Moretti, the Murano glass blowing house in Venice. These glasses have extra long elegant stems and fine blue flutes....

Wonderful ice bucket by Aldo Tura in grey brown parchment and a glass inlay, in excellent vintage condition. Along with artists like Piero Fornasetti and Carlo Bugatti, Aldo Tura (1...

1950s Gorgeous Bohemian cut crystal cocktail shaker in excellent condition. Made in Italy diam 3,93"W × 7,87"H inches diam 10 cm x 20 cm H.

Murano glass Sommerso bowl, interior light blue bullecante and fume, 1950s Dimensions: 15 x 15 x 8,2 cm x 5.9” x 5.9” x 3.2” DM for details and worldwide shipping! What is Murano Glass? Is it glass made in a special place? Or made using special techniques? It is actually both. Murano glass is glass in a chemical sense of the word. However, Murano glass is as different from, say, the glass in your window panes, as Rembrandt paintings...

A fine vintage pair of cognac or liquor glasses, Via Veneto old world quality by Spiegelau. Wonderful hand painted gilded gold Cordial Glasses, circa 1940 f...

Franco Lapini exquisite bear head sculpture is made entirely of metal plated in silver and its surface is lightly textured to give it an organic feel, the clear Murano glass gracing ...

Franco Lapini exquisite vintage bison sculpture liquor set is made entirely of brass plated in silver and its surface is lightly textured to give it an organic feel. Under the top ar...

A very rare set of 4 espresso cups and saucers the plates are 4" diameter, made in Italy circa 1980s by Baldelli signed .beautiful design and quality.

Wrought Iron floor mounted cork press with wood base for wine bottles.

1960s Stunning Cut Crystal Cocktail Shaker in excellent condition. Made in Italy diameter 3,93" x 8,66" H inches diameter 10 cm x cm 22 h

Six Mauro Manetti silver plate animal heads stirrup, goblets, cups, made in Italy. We have the Hunting collection of a German shepherd, Labrador, deer, rabbit, donkey, boar. All ma...

This set of 6 handblown Venetian compotes are shaped with an elegant profile and decorated in soft green with gold highlights. The matching under plat...

This magnificent small bar cabinet was illuminated and mirrored inside with two glass shelves, has four drawers with brass drawer knobs and is in ve...

Gucci, Italy, crafted this luxury gold-plated and silvered metal barware bottle holder or bottle decanter in the 1980s. This bar accessory features a sleek and modernist design made ...

Opaline Florence opalescent Purple and white Italian art glass vase with a translucent base and swirls Measures: 33 cm x 17.5 cm The piece is in excellent condition and a real b...

Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown silver flecks and purple swirl over white Italian art glass decanter. In the manner of designer Franco Moretti, circa 1970s. Created with a "Fenic...

We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects. A particular handcrafted trolley made of bamboo and rattan; is characterized by a light and airy-looking shape; the very solid structure is made of sturdy bamboo elements to shape two comfortable round containers joined by a complex frame, part of which has been bent and protrudes from the structure to form the convenient handle to push the trolley, which is equipped with swivel wheels moves with great ease. We may suggest placing two sheets of glass on the bottom of the round containers to further increase the functionality of the cart. It was made, in the modernist style of Franco Albini, between 1967 and 1969 with extraordinary manual skill in a small workshop between the provinces of Parma and Cremona (Italy), along the banks of the river Po, an area of Italy's very prolific and famous for the cultivation and production of bamboo. The tradition of this furniture was born in the United States at the end of the nineteenth century. The fashion soon spread to Europe and Italy, both in the Brianza (Italy) area and in the Po Valley and Tuscany. From an eminently poor material, it found itself covering the role of luxury detail in contemporary projects, bringing with it the added value of dozens of hours of manual workmanship carried out by a class of specialized artisans in danger of extinction. The term bamboo identifies a group of very vigorous evergreen herbaceous plants which grow in a tropical or very humid climate; all bamboo species have as a common characteristic the very high hollow stem which is easily workable and rather rigid. It is used for the production of furniture, chairs, deckchairs, sofas but also objects and even parquet and floors; bamboo is a symbol of resistance: it is appreciated for its ability to withstand storms without breaking, thanks to its flexible and hollow stem and its extraordinarily strong roots. It is a symbol of purity, steadfastness, and other virtues. Rattan is obtained from the Indian cane, nicknamed Rattan d'India or Rattan cane left to dry in the sun at the edge of the forests takes on extraordinary qualities of strength and durability, in the field of outdoor finishes is processed with or without bark. It is widely used for the realization of chairs, tables, sofas, and benches. There are many users who wonder about the difference between rattan and wicker; the wicker is the innermost part of the rattan cane that is divided into very thin strips, therefore, it is the most valuable and refined part of the Indian cane and for this reason, it is also more delicate. There is also wicker, a material obtained by weaving branches of willow or other plants. The elasticity and the resistance of willow wicker make it, since ever, ideal for the production of baskets and baskets; for these manufacturers, it also used rush, a small perennial plant present in marshy or maritime areas. Franco Albini (October 17, 1905 - November 1, 1977) was an Italian architect, designer, and university professor of neo-rationalist design. A young student of Gio Ponti, Albini becomes in the early '30s one of the key figures of Italian Rationalism, which, however, gives an eclectic interpretation in many ways. It is on the basis of these beliefs that after the war he approached the world of woven fibers, forging a close relationship with the workshop of Vittorio Bonacina. The result of this collaboration culminates in the furniture in bamboo...

1960s Modern elegance ribbed crystal glass decanter from Italy. Matching crystal Italian Ice bucket in another listing. Measures: 9.75 tall x ...

1970s amazing Italian Cocktail Shaker attributed to Gio Ponti for F.lli Calderoni, in excellent condition. Made in Italy. Dimensions: Diameter...

Unique midcentury cubic dry bar in lacquered ash wood, mirrored steel and glass dry bar with hidden wheels. Willy Rizzo probably produced this incredible piece of barware in Italy during the 1970s. The wheeled bar cart's four sides are in mirrored chromed steel, while the top is in dark smoked glass. It moves thanks to four hidden wheels, and the structure is veneered black lacquered oak. A design masterpiece that will become a cult furniture element in a midcentury bar or living room. Italian designer and photographer Willy Rizzo (1928-2013) first came to prominence in the 1960s as both a chronicler of and participant in La Dolce Vita, the glamorous, jet set lifestyle enjoyed by many international celebrities and socialites in the postwar era. While photography was Rizzo's first love, in the 1970s he developed a passion for interiors and launched a second successful career as a luxury furniture designer. Rizzo was born in Naples in 1928 but moved to France early. After expressing an interest in photography at the age of 12, Rizzo's mother gifted him an Agfa Box camera; soon he was shooting portraits of his classmates at Paris's Istituto Statale Italiano Leonardo Da Vinci. In the 1940s, Rizzo began his career as a photojournalist, working for several French publications, including Ciné Mondial, Point de Vue, and Image du Monde. In the aftermath of the Second World War, Rizzo notably covered the Nuremberg Trials and travelled to Tunisia for Point de Vue to photograph the conflict in North Africa, later published in Life Magazine. As his reputation grew, he was hired by France Dimanche to take portraits of the rich and famous at flashy events like the Cannes Film Festival. Rizzo's charm won the trust of royalty, dignitaries, and movie stars, allowing him to capture these public figures in unusually candid moments. Hoping to advance his career further, Rizzo travelled to New York with Black Star Agency in 1947 to photograph American starlets. When he returned to Paris two years later, he was invited to join Jean Prouvost’s newest publication in colour, Paris Match, as head photographer—a position that he held for 20 years and, along the way, sparked a new culture of celebrity photographers who were as intriguing and fashionable as their subjects. In 1959, he became the artistic director of Marie Claire and collaborated with other fashion magazines, such as Vogue. Throughout his career, Rizzo photographed dozens of stars, including Brigitte Bardot, Maria Callas, Salvador Dalí, Marlene Dietrich, Jane Fonda, Gene Kelly, and Gregory Peck, as well as striking up close friendships with famous personalities like Coco Chanel, Christian Dior, and Jack Nicholson. In 1962, Rizzo famously captured some of the last moments of Marilyn Monroe’s life on film before tragically committing suicide a few weeks later. In 1968, Rizzo married Italian actress Elsa Martinelli, and the pair relocated to Rome. It was here that Rizzo began his work in furniture design, starting with his newly-leased, run-down Roman apartment. Just for personal use (at first), Rizzo created a series one-of-a-kind pieces inspired by modernist icons, such as Mies van der Rohe and Le Corbusier. But as his glitterati friends—Rodolfo Parisi, Gigli Rizzi, Franco Rapetti, Salvador Dalí, Brigitte Bardot, and the like—became admirers of his work, Rizzo was flooded with design commissions. Rizzo went on to furnish apartments for Italian aristocracy in the Palazzo Borghese and Palazzo Ruspoli that same year and quickly earned an international reputation as a designer to the rich and famous. In response to ever-growing demand, he launched his own Tivoli-based company dedicated to contemporary furniture design handmade in lux materials such as wood, marble, stainless steel, brass, and wild boar. Over time, his team of eight grew to 150, and he was able to open shops in France and throughout Europe, as well as in New York, Miami, and Los Angeles. With an emphasis on clean lines and geometric forms, Rizzo's tables, chairs, and accessories combined contemporary shapes with traditional materials—in contrast to many of his contemporaries, like Ettore Sottsass and Vico Magistretti, who were popularizing plastic, foam, and other synthetics in furniture production. Rizzo's most successful designs are many low, box-like tables in granite, metal, glass, or burled wood, often embellished with brass or chrome accents or built-in liquor cabinets or trays. Two examples of his most celebrated designs include the Alveo Coffee Table (1970s) for Mario Sabot and the circular Yin Yang Coffee Table...

1970s Italian Bamboo/ Rattan Wine Coaster with Polished Brass Rim Mid-Century Modern beautifully made of bamboo, rattan and brass Wine coaster Hand...

Vintage Mid-Century polished brass and. Plastic ice bucket, box or ice cube holder made circa 1970s. This piece would look fantastic displayed on a brass and chrome Romeo Rega or Maison Jansen bar cart...

1960s Stunning and elegant ice bucket by Zanetta. Made in Italy. The item is in excellent condition. Dimension: diameter 5,11" x 5,51" H inches diameter 13 x cm 14 H.

A rare designer recipe cocktail shaker, Italian in origin by Macabo and dating to circa 1940. The base swivels around to the cocktail designed and then the ingredients are listed in the windows below. The cocktail recipes included are: Orange Blossom, Side Car...

Cork press for wine bottles. Great design, paint and patina. Notice cool brass bits.

Veart Vetreria, Italian blue glass decanter, 1980s A blue carafe/ decanter, made of glass with a swirl pattern. Made in Italy, in the 1980s. Sig...

Set of six elegant midcentury Italian Regency solid brass chalices. These amazing pieces are wonderful as in solid brass with a simple design. A so...

1960s Gorgeous mid-century vintage cut crystal and chrome cocktail shaker with Ice Bucket in excellent condition. Made in Italy _Shaker diameter 3,93" x 8,66" H inches diam cm 10 x c...

An Italian porcelain jewelry tray or dish with Greco-Roman design by designer by Piero Fornasetti, circa mid-20th century, 1960s, Italy. Tray is black and gold with a Greco-Roman sce...

Mid-Century Italian Modern brass snack/candy/serving dish with lidded top formed to resemble an apple. This is a shorter, uninsulated version of fruit and vegetable-formed ice buckets made in Italy and France at the time. Though shallow, this piece can additionally hold ice to stylishly refresh a drink or enhance any tabletop decor...

Aldo Tura bar cart in form of a pipe, lacquered in brown and cream goatskin with golden brass applications and a huge container as champagne or wine cooler. This particular bar cart...

Great design on this rare lucite sphere with chrome handle, and lid Italian Ice bucket designed by Paolo Tilche for Guzzini circa 1970's.

Pair of Italian Murano Glass Decanters in swirling glass and six glasses.

1960s Astonishing set of six crystal glasses. Made in Italy. The Items are in excellent condition. Diameter 2,36" x 6,29" inches. Diameter cm 6 x ...

A 1950s Mid-Century Modern brass and brown Goatskin Thermos Carafe designed by Aldo Tura and manufactured by Tura Creazioni Milano, it's in lovely conditions, brown goatskin is decor...